Facts about the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

• Founded in 1811 as a part of the Faculty of Philosophy.
• Founded as a Faculty in 1861
• Two Nobel laureates are related to the Faculty, Odd Hassel, chemistry (1969) and Ivar Giæver, physics (1973)
• About 4.600 students (Autumn 2006)
• 1.200 man-years
• Yearly budget about 1.200 million Norwegian kroner (About 150 million Euros)
• 9 Departments
• 13 Bachelor's Programmes
• 21 Master's Programmes
• Three Centres of Excellence (COE)
• One centre of Research-based Innovation (CRI)
• 9 Outstanding Young Investigators(OYI)
• One European Young Investigator (EURYI)